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family and youth events
Hungarian National Dance Ensemble: Castles, Warriors, Frontiers
Adventure-filled dance drama inspired by István Fekete’s novel The Testament of Aga Koppanyi
28 March 2025, Friday
10 am - 11:15 am
Festival Theatre
Produced by Müpa Budapest

Ticket prices

2 000 HUF

Educational institutions can purchase tickets for the performances by contacting junior@mupa.hu via email in advance.

Draw your swords! Valiant Hungarians battling their Turkish and German foes, courage and duels, heroic raids and burning love. All of these are to be found in István Fekete's adventure novel The Testament of the Koppányi Aga: set during the Turkish occupation, it is a defining reading and cinematic experience for many of us Hungarians. All of this is, however, serves only as a starting point for the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble’s dance drama intended especially for young people in which history and the reality of the modern era meet in a theatre-within-a-theatre production, and where the characters alternate between adventuring in the distant past and the world of today.

This production of the Liszt Fest is being presented by Müpa Budapest as a joint event with the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble.

Presented by: Müpa Budapest

Featured musicians (recorded):

wind, plucked string and percussion instruments Benjamin Eredics
piano Péter Kiss
current and former students of the Folk Music Department of the Liszt Academy
Liszt Academy Symphony Orchestra
musicians of the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble

Creators:

composer Benjamin Eredics
folk music arrangements László Rossa
folk music editors István Gázsa Papp and the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble Band
visual design, video technology Marcell Iványi
set Kázmér Tóth
video technology Boáz Konta
contemporary dance instructor Tamás Topolánszky
assistants to the choreographer Júlia Paput
Gergő Sánta
Attila Tompa
Attila Tókos
co-director, choreographer, libretto, dramaturg, costumes Zsuzsa Zs. Vincze
director, choreographer Zoltán Zsuráfszky
  • You may purchase tickets online and in person for this performance using a Müpa Budapest gift voucher or by OTP, K&H or MBH SZÉP cards. If you purchase the tickets in person, then we also accept Rewin Gift Vouchers, and Rewin Gift Cards as well as the culture subaccount allowance on OTP Cafeteria cards.

  • We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.

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